Biology Databases

Connect to AGRICOLA on the Web
AGRICOLA    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
Materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, 1970-present.
Connect to AIDSearch on the Web
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A combination of three database files providing information about acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDSDRUGS is a dictionary of chemical and biological agents currently being evaluated in the AIDS clinical trials covered in companion AIDSTRIALS database. AIDSLINE includes citations from journal articles, government reports, technical reports, theses, books, etc., covering research, clinical aspects and health policy issues related to AIDS. 1980- present. Updated monthly.
Connect to Biological Abstracts on the Web
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Indexes and abstracts the life sciences journal literature from 1980-present. Coverage is international, and includes biology, medical research, clinical studies, agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, genetics, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology.
Connect to Biology Digest on the Web
Biology Digest    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
Non-technical digests in biology, ecology and health, 1989-present.
Connect to Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management on the Web This multidisciplinary database provides abstracts and references to the literature covering all areas of air, land, water, and noise pollution, as well as bacteriology, ecology, toxicology, risk assessment, environmental engineering, environmental biotechnology, waste management, and water resources. 1981-present. Updated monthly.
Connect to General Science Full Text on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. A mini-guide on searching General Science Full Text is available Indexes and abstracts articles at least one column in length from over 200 popular, professional, and scholarly English language periodicals in the sciences, including physical anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, geology, environmental sciences, and more. Fulltext of articles are available from about 75 of these periodicals. Indexing goes back to 1984. Abstracts began in March 1993. Fulltext availability varies title to title, but may go back to 1995. Updated daily.
Connect to JSTOR on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. Provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. Consult the online tables of contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title. Updated monthly
Connect to MedLINE on the Web A mini-guide on searching MedLINE is available
Also known as PubMed
The National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database. It includes such topics as microbiology, delivery of health care, nutrition, pharmacology, and environment health. 1966-present.
Connect to MSDS on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. Sigma-Aldrich-Flukamat Material Safety Data Sheets. Searchable database of approximately 325,000 MSDS files.
Connect to PapersFirst on the Web
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An index of papers presented at conferences. 1993-present.
Connect to Proceedings First on the Web
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Citations and table of contents for every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting received at The British Library. 1993-present.
Connect to Science Citation Index Expanded on the Web A mini-guide on searching Science Citation Index Expanded is available Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in approximately 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines. 1993-present. Updated weekly.
Connect to ScienceDirect - SCELC Comprehensive Core on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. From publisher Elsevier, the ScienceDirect-SCELC online journal collection contains 400+ journals in science, technology, medicine, and business, including high impact-factor journals such as the Trends and Current Opinion series. Most are full-text. Dates covered: 1995-present. SCU is among the 90+ private institutions that make up SCELC (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium).
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